On February 21, a member of Canada's suffrage movement, Nellie McClung presents a petition to demand women's right to vote.
Source of image: http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/biography/images/mcclung-chro-portraitb.jpg
On April 22, the Second Battle of Ypres becomes the first battle in which chemical warfare is used during World War I. Canadian troops distinguish themselves during the attack by valiantly defending the holes left by dead or injured Algerian troops who had succumbed to the chlorine gas attack by the German army. Many Canadian troops survived by putting urine-soaked rags over their face during the attacks; breathing through the urine-soaked rags neutralized the chlorine gas and saved their lives.
On April 22, the Second Battle of Ypres becomes the first battle in which chemical warfare is used during World War I. Canadian troops distinguish themselves during the attack by valiantly defending the holes left by dead or injured Algerian troops who had succumbed to the chlorine gas attack by the German army. Many Canadian troops survived by putting urine-soaked rags over their face during the attacks; breathing through the urine-soaked rags neutralized the chlorine gas and saved their lives.
On May 3 physician and poet John McCrae writes the infamous World War I poem, In Flanders Fields
A memorial in Guelph, home town of John McCrae, author of the poem "In Flanders Fields".
Source of image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Johnmccraememorialbookcloseup02.JPG
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